Touchy Subject....How is Derwin James "Elite"?

[richpjr]

[jubei]

But if Derwin is healthy and plays, given he is not having a good season, simplify things and give him ONE task on Sunday. Stay with Kelce no matter what, where he goes what he does..worry only about Kelce. Shadow him.

There are no other pass catcher on this offense that scare anyone. Let the other defenders lock them down. You keep Kelce under control, get pressure on Mahomes with Bosa, Mack, Tuli this average offense this year wont do much

exactly this right here. staley thinks he's so smart that he outsmarts his own players and makes it ez on the opposing O.

[jubei]

wutevs...if he feels bad then correct his play and stop givin the other teams free 15 yards. I'm sure zebras are looking for that now that he's had so many.

[Velo]

Popper has bought into the hype about Derwin.

[captaind]

Pretty sure no one feels worse than the player on the receiving end of his reckless penalties.

C'mon, Popper, this has "head case" written all over it. He needs to be benched. Any coach worth his salt would have done that already, but the Chargers don't have one of those.

[richpjr]

Pretty sure no one feels worse than the player on the receiving end of his reckless penalties.

C'mon, Popper, this has "head case" written all over it. He needs to be benched. Any coach worth his salt would have done that already, but the Chargers don't have one of those.

No coach in the league would bench James for the penalties. None.

[NOrvMeNow]

One reason James was drafted by Telesco is that he was an 'alpha' dog - highly respected - in the locker room at Florida State.

He was drafted in part for his character.

[Bolt4Knob]

One reason James was drafted by Telesco is that he was an 'alpha' dog - highly respected - in the locker room at Florida State.

He was drafted in part for his character.

My guess he is being used wrong by Staley. Wants him to be a Swiss Army Knife

how about just having him focus on doing one thing and doing that job well.

[AZBolt]

[QUOTE=richpjr;n1457740]There is a reason why the NFLPA voted him as the best SS in football.
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I would like to think this. But it would be nice if we wouldn’t get so many bonehead roughing penalties, they are serious Drive extenders.

[AZBolt]

I do think they need to bring him up towards the line of scrimmage more often and blitz includes him more when passing situations

[QuiteFrankly]

So far he has not been elite, and he is such a hard hitter(which I like) but am afraid these days all that gets you are personal fouls.

I think with the right coach he could be elite, but not with Staley. The Steelers or Ravens would make him elite. Others also...just not Staley.

I guess you could say he has all the "tools"...kinda like Mike Williams I suppose.

[KrazyLegs]

My sons love Derwin. Think he's the best safety in the league.

I just don't see it. Now, I'm not sitting here breaking down game film, so maybe he's doing all the little things well.

But as far as big game-changing plays go — yeah, I'm just not seeing it. He's not Ed Reed or Troy Polamalu. Not even close.